Satis Shroff Poems

The sea shells on the sea shore
Suddenly the sea swells.
Ring the church and temple bells.
All is not well.
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I constantly live in fear.
Angst to be unmasked.
My spouse knows it.
My daughter knows it.
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The grey-haired gardener in charge comes,
Tells the Hauptschule boys to behave
And goes.
Boredom in the afternoon.
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The trouble-makers, aggressive alpha-wolves
And clowns remain in the Hauptschule.
An ironical name for a school,
For Haupt means the ‘main’
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“Halt’s Maul, Du Missgeburt! ”
Says one to the other.
‘Halt dein Mund, Du Jude!
Ich hasse Juden, Mann! ’ barks an obese Hauptschuler.
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Hans, Fritz and Bruno do their extra homework,
Meted out as a punishment by the English teacher.

Vitaly throws scissors in the classroom,
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A pair of heavy scissors fly
In a dark Hauptschule classroom,
Thrown by an Aussiedler school-kid,
Near Freiburg’s Japanese Garden.
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Wenn ein Kind kritisiert wird,
lernt es zu verurteilen.

Wenn ein Kind angefeindet wird,
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My Nepal, what has become of you?
Your features have changed with time.
The innocent face of the Kumari
Has changed to the blood-thirsty countenance of Kal Bhairab,
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A GURKHA MOTHER (Satis Shroff)

The gurkha with a khukri
But no enemy
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